HC Deb 29 January 1996 vol 270 c600W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many beds there were in Wales in 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995 or other statistically convenient dates for the(a) acute, (b) psychiatric, (c) geriatric, (d) psycho-geriatric, (e) private hospital and (f) private nursing home sectors of health provision. [12443]

Mr. Hague

The information is given in the following table.

1980 1985–86 1990–91 1994–95
Average daily available beds in NHS hospitals:
Acute 10,112 9,778 9,056 8,479
Psychiatric1 7,558 6,495 4,022 2,640
Geriatric 4,108 4,230 3,811 3,345
Psychogeriatric 276 450 1,602 1,536
Beds at 31 March 2:
Private hospitals 3 246 264 318
Private nursing homes 3 1,901 9,656 13,270

Notes:

1Includes the specialties of mental handicap, mental illness, child and adolescent psychiatry and forensic psychiatry.

2Figures for 1980 and 1985–86 are at 31 December.

3Not available.